[D] Troodon isfarensis
Describer
Nessov, 1995
Time
Cretaceous Late Santonian
Classification
Saurischia Theropoda Tetanurae Coelurosauria Maniraptora Troodontidae
Diet
Carnivore
Fossilsite
Lower part of Yalovach Formation (Yalovachskaya Svita), locality Isfar II, Tadzhikistan
Fall Under
Troodon
Length
2 meter
Info
Troodon (Leidy, 1856) > Troodon formosus (Leidy, 1856) >> Polyodontosaurus grandis (Gilmore, 1932) Stenonychosaurus inequalis (Sternberg, 1932) Pectinodon bakkeri (Carpenter, 1982)
Troodon > Troodon asiamercanus (Nessov, 1995) >> Pectinodon asiamericanus (Nessov, 1985)
Troodon > Troodon isfarensis (Nessov, 1995)
Holotype
TsNIGR museum #484/12457, incomplete left frontal.
[Note: The material could well be referable to Saurornithoides rather than Troodon.]